I'm getting more and more disappointed by the day Jagex. First you started adding content that we can only receive by spending extra money to buy a membership card for, then you add ways of releasing content by means of a lottery system to which you only have limited use before you have to pay, and finally you add a store where the only way to buy something (initial 200 coins aside) is to pay money.
I used to like RuneScape because it was a game I could play for a measly $5 per month. To some people that might be too much but for me it's not bad considering it's a game that for the most part is updated weekly or at least bi-weekly. At what point did RuneScape become about your own pockets and not about your gamers? Was it when you lost Andrew? This is starting to get depressing.
First off, I will admit that I have taken part in promotional offers that have been offered now because of my want to have as many in-game items as I can, because I hate missing content! I figured at the time it would be a rare occasion that something like this would come up, but now it's back to back. I purchased the 90 day card for both the katana and the flaming skull, and recently the golden katana. I didn't mind these as much because I was actually getting membership for these items that was somewhat comparable. The lottery though, and the Rune Coins? That does nothing for me but contribute to looks.
I don't know how you (JaGeX) can take pride in implementing things like this into the game, it's just ridiculous. I think a friend of mine put it best yesterday when she told me that she didn't feel like a "member" anymore. It used to be that we could pay our $5 and be part of the members. Now there seems to be a third group in the mix. There still exists the F2P group and the P2P group, but now there is an additional "Premium" group. Premium is not something I ever wanted to see in RuneScape. I'm sorry but I do not support.
tl:dr Disappointed in you JaGeX, it's not the same anymore.
18-Jul-2012 18:13:51